Mark Fitzgerald jailed over child sexual exploitation

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Mark Fitzgerald was jailed for two years for child sexual exploitation at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 2 April 2025.

He pleaded guilty to five counts of using technology to facilitate the sexual exploitation of a child, concerning dates in April 2022. The report said his Snapchat messages and sexually explicit photos involved more than 100 teenage girls.

Judge Martin Nolan imposed the sentence, noting that Fitzgerald had self-reported to gardaí and describing engagement with children in this way as serious.